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  • The Metalcraft Story 1946-1954 – Part Two

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    Not read Part One click here The listing which follows includes 102 of the approximately 110 complete PSV bodies produced by Metalcraft, and is intended to stimulate further research. If you can add any of the “missing” vehicles please get in touch via the Old Bus Photos website. I am also working on a (by…

  • The Metalcraft Story 1946-1954 – Part One

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    By 1945, after six years of warfare, the nation’s bus and coach fleets were in desperate need of renewal or replacement. PSV production during the years of the conflict had been limited, by and large, to two types of vehicle – a double-decker available in highbridge or lowbridge forms (initially on Guy Arab chassis but…

  • Llandudno UDC – Foden PVSC6 – AJC 91

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    Llandudno Urban District Council1951Foden PVSC6Metalcraft C35F Llandudno operated two of these single deckers on the route from the Town Centre to St Tudnos Church on the Great Orme. This was a continual climb with the steepest section of 1 in 4. The buses were fitted with a ratchet brake to prevent the bus running back…

  • Transglobe Tours – Foden PVRF6 – KUY 536

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    Copyright N Edwards. Copyright N Edwards. Transglobe Tours1952Foden PVRF6Metalcraft C41C The above two shots of a Foden PVR with Fodens own two-stroke engine were taken in my “Transglobe” driving days. I had taken it to the Foden works at Sandbach Cheshire for an annoying fuel pump fault – as I remember, apart from being noisy…